SWEARING-IN CEREMONY All South Ogden City Residents are invited to the Swearing-In Ceremony for the newly elected officials. It will be held Monday, January 4th at noon in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. Refreshments will be served.
Snowplowing in South Ogden City
City’s Objective: One of South Ogden’s Public Works main objectives is to provide a plan for the safe movement of emergency equipment, vehicle traffic and pedestrians through the City. A snow removal plan has been developed to assist with this objective in order to maintain streets in hazardous weather conditions.
South Ogden City uses the following priorities to establish the urgency of snow removal within the City.
1. All main routes must be kept open to provide a transportation system connecting police/fire station and rescue squad units.
2. All remaining routes, bus routes and around schools.
3. All other routes covering major traffic volume streets and selected troubled areas such as intersections and hills.
4. All remaining streets, such as residential and local streets
5. Cul-de-sacs are last. If cars are parked in a cul-de-sac, that cul-de-sac will not be plowed.
Resident Responsibilities: Safety is everyone’s responsibility. Residents are required by ordinance to keep parked vehicles off the streets between the hours of 1:00 am and 7:00 am each year from November 15th through March 15th. Swerving snow plows in and out of parked cars is dangerous and the operators cannot make adequate passes on the streets. Residents are also required by ordinance not to remove snow, ice or slush onto City streets. Sidewalks also need to be cleared after a snow storm and especially after the snow plows have finished plowing to the curb.
Q’s and A’s:
Q. Can’t the City remove the snow they put in my driveway?
A. If you consider the large number of driveways in the city, it’s too costly and time consuming to use additional people and equipment to perform this service. Our primary duty is to open and keep open the main roadways. Our crews try to keep this situation to a minimum.
Q. Why do the plows go so fast and throw snow on my sidewalk?
A. Plows need to go a minimum speed in order to throw the snow off the side. We ask our operators not to throw the snow any further than necessary.
Q. Why don’t the operators put the blade down and plow all the snow off, down to the pavement?
A. The street department uses gravity plows that can be mounted on the same trucks we use during the summer. These plows tend to ride on top of compacted snow. In addition, bare pavement snow removal tends to damage water valves, access structures, pavement markings and plow.
Q. What do I do if a snow plow damages my mailbox?
A. If the mailbox meets City standards, the City will repair mailboxes that are damaged by a snow plow.
Q. Why does it take so long to get my road plowed after a storm?
A. We have seven snow plows that need to clear 50 linear miles of road in our City. With a regular snow storm it takes approximately 10-12 hours to clear all roads. When we have back to back snow storms or a heavy snow storm it could take approximately 48 hours to clear all roads and our crews work around the clock to get the snow removed as fast as they can.
The Public Works Department works very hard and takes great pride in how are streets are taken care of.
They are willing to work weekends and holidays to make sure the job gets done. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding snow plowing in our city, please call the Public Works Department at 622-2901.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
The regularly scheduled City Council meeting for December 15th has been cancelled.
In order to better inform the residents of South Ogden City a Twitter account has been set up to get you the latest news. You can search for “South Ogden City” on Twitter in order to sign up for our “Tweets”. Or you can access our account at https://twitter.com/SouthOgdenCity.
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South Ogden City is pleased to announce the opening of our new Animal Care facility located at 5594 S. 600 E. (South Ogden City Public Works complex off Adams Avenue). The shelter offers services to South Ogden, Uintah and Riverdale residents accepting stray animals as well as owner surrenders for a $25.00 fee. We are not staffed during working hours so please call before you come to schedule a time to meet.
South Ogden Animal Services will attempt to find homes for healthy, non-aggressive, adoptable companion animals so if you are looking to adopt a forever companion, give us a call to make an appointment. We vaccinate, microchip and include a voucher for a deposit on spay/neuter with our adoptions.<span> We can also microchip pets you may already have for $15.00. Microchipping is the best way to make sure your pet always has their phone number with them, and proves ownership. </span>
All dogs in South Ogden must have a current license. To purchase your license please log on to www.petdata.com
To register an animal control complaint, or any other animal control/adoption related issue or to volunteer please call 801-622-2949. If you need immediate assistance, contact dispatch at 801-629-8221.
South Ogden has cat/raccoon traps for a deposit of $45.00. The deposit is refunded when the trap is returned in good working condition. South Ogden charges $50.00 to remove skunks or raccoons from the traps.
South Ogden City has a wonderful new off-leash dog park located behind Shopko on Palmer Drive. Weather permitting, the park opens in April and will generally close Nov 1st. Please observe the park rules when enjoying the dog park.
If you would like a list of items which can be recycled and a curbside recycle schedule click here.
Park Reservations for 2009 There are five parks available for reservations with pavilions and restrooms. You may make reservations beginning January 1st for use between April 15th and October 15th for any time between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM.
The cost is as follows:
$75.00 (South Ogden Residents) with $25.00 refunded if they are left clean.
$100.00 (Non Residents) with $25.00 refunded if they are left clean.
The reservation guarantees the use of the pavilion and restrooms, not the other amenities.
If you have further questions, you may call 622-2700 and press 0. Below is a list of parks and their accommodations:
40th Street Park
555 39th Street
Club Heights4150 Palmer Dr.
Friendship Park
655 E 5500 S
Madison Avenue
4080 Madison
Nature Park5875 S 1175 E
Lighted Pavilion
Lighted Pavilion
Lighted Pavilion
Non-lighted Pavilion
Lighted Pavilion
30 tables
10 tables
30 tables
12 tables
12 tables
Power
Power
Power
X
Power
Restrooms
Restrooms
Restrooms
Restrooms
Restrooms
Basketball courts
Basketball courts
X
X
X
Volleyball Pits
X
Volleyball Pits
X
X
Playground
Swings
Playground
X
Playground
Tennis Courts
X
Tennis Courts
X
X
X
Baseball Field
Baseball Field
X
l
l
Off-leash dog park
Soccer Field
Small and secluded
Splash Pad
Glasmann Park is not available for reservations, but has a restroom and walking path.
The Meadows Park is also not available for reservations but has a playground and picnic tables.
The Splash Pad at Nature Park is turned off the day after Labor Day, but the park is still available for reservations until October 15th.
Please remember that South Ogden City does not allow alcohol, dogs (except in designated area at Club Heights Park), golfing or any activities that would be destructive to the park or its family atmosphere.
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